What are the disadvantages of electric boilers?

Of course, if electric boilers were the best solution, you would see them everywhere, but you don’t. There are downsides to electric boilers – let me run you through the key points. Gas is considerably cheaper than electricity, at about 30% of the price. That means the cost of heating water using electricity is going to be a lot higher, even if you have a very efficient system.

That much is fairly obvious, but even when you compare electric boilers to other forms of electric heating, the electric boiler doesn’t necessarily come out on top. If you compare it to infrared, for example, an electric boiler will be more expensive to run.

Electric boilers probably have their place in certain properties. They are a simple, easy to install option but for many people there are going to be better ways to heat the home out there to look at. If gas isn’t an option, infrared, heat pumps or even oil boilers are all likely to be cheaper to run than electric boilers.